KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR BOB DYLAN 1997 by Olof Bjorner A summary of recording & concert activities. New releases, tapes & books. Copyright (c) 1998 by Olof Bjorner All Rights Reserved This article may be reproduced, retransmitted, redistributed and otherwise propagated at will, provided that this notice remains intact and in place. Part 8 of 9 CONTENTS: ========= 1. INTRODUCTION \ | 2. THE YEAR AT A GLANCE | | 3. CALENDAR | | 4. NEW RECORDINGS | 4.1 Time Out Of Mind | 4.2 Other recordings from 1997 | -- part 1 of 9 4.2.1 Simon Wiesenthal Benefit Center Dinner | 4.2.2 World Eucharistic Congress | 4.3 New tapes | 4.3.1 Jimmie Rodgers Tribute Album Outtake | 4.3.2 Bobfest Rehearsals | 4.3.3 "Hallelujah", ATV May 14, 1964 | / 5. THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES \ 5.1 Introduction | 5.2 The Musicians | 5.3 The show | 5.4 Tour of Japan | -- part 2 of 9 5.4.1 Dates and venues | 5.4.2 The songs | 5.4.3 Statistics | 5.4.4 Comments / 5.5 US and Canada Spring Tour \ 5.5.1 Dates and venues | 5.5.2 The songs | -- part 3 of 6 5.5.3 Statistics | 5.5.4 Comments / 5.6 US and Canada Summer Tour \ 5.6.1 Dates and Venues | 5.6.2 The songs | -- part 4 of 6 5.6.3 Statistics | 5.6.4 Comments / 5.7 UK Fall Tour \ 5.7.1 Dates and Venues | 5.7.2 The songs | -- part 5 of 9 5.7.3 Statistics | 5.7.4 Comments / 5.8 US Fall Tour \ 5.8.1 Dates and Venues | 5.8.2 The songs | -- part 6 of 9 5.8.3 Statistics | 5.8.4 Comments / 5.9 US Winter Club Tour \ 5.9.1 Dates and Venues | 5.9.2 The songs | -- part 7 of 9 5.9.3 Statistics | 5.9.4 Comments / 5.10 Summary \ 5.10.1 Show statistics | 5.10.2 Alphabetical song list | 5.10.3 Song statistics | -- part 8 of 9 | =========== 6. NEW BOOKS | | 7. SOURCES | | 8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / APPENDIX: THE SET-LISTS -- part 9 of 9 5.10 Summary ----------- 5.10.1 Statistics ---------------- Abbreviations es early songs, 1961-1966 ap songs from the "amnesia period", 1967-1972 70 songs from the middle seventies, 1973-1978 gp songs from the "gospel years", 1979-1982 ls late songs 1983- co covers Tot # # of songs from songs es ap 70 gp ls co Tour Of Japan 165 80 35 12 1 26 11 % 48 21 7 0 15 6 US and Canada Spring Tour 373 152 93 33 2 59 32 % 40 24 8 0 15 8 US and Canada Summer Tour 307 137 40 58 0 42 30 % 44 13 18 0 13 9 UK Fall Tour 60 29 6 9 0 12 4 % 48 10 15 0 20 6 US Fall Tour 271 100 23 26 1 96 25 % 36 8 9 0 35 9 US Winter Club Tour 241 87 16 27 0 87 24 % 36 6 11 0 36 9 1 9 9 7 1417 584 213 165 4 322 126 % 41 15 11 0 22 8 Show Statistics - Summary US Winter Club Tour --- US Fall Tour --- | UK Fall Tour --- | | US Summer Tour --- | | | US Spring Tour --- | | | | Tour of Japan --- | | | | | | | | | | | Total Number of shows 11 25 22 4 17 15 94 circulating shows 11 25 22 4 17 15 94 circulating & complete shows: 11 25 22 4 17 15 94 unique shows 11 25 22 4 17 15 94 (1) different shows 11 25 22 4 17 15 94 (2) different songs 61 74 69 31 54 55 103 (3) unique songs 61 74 68 31 54 54 101 (4) performed songs 165 371 307 60 271 241 1417 Mean number of performed songs 15 15 14 15 16 16 15 Variation: 4.1 5.1 4.9 2.1 3.4 3.4 6.9 (5) (1) a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order (2) a show is different from another show if the set of songs are different, regardless of order. (3) electric and acoustic versions are counted as different songs. (4) a song is counted as unique regardless of how it is performed; (5) variation is computed as the ratio between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs. Album statistics: # of # of Album songs perf. Bob Dylan 1 1.2% 7 0.6% Freewheelin' 4 4.7% 55 4.3% The Times They Are A-Changin' 5 5.8% 28 2.2% Another Side 4 4.7% 42 3.3% Bringing It All Back Home 5 5.8% 98 7.7% Highway 61 Revisited 8 9.3% 152 12.0% Blonde On Blonde 10 11.6% 198 15.6% Basement Tapes 3 3.5% 57 4.5% John Wesley Harding 3 3.5% 52 4.1% Nashville Skyline 2 2.3% 34 2.7% Selfportrait 0 0.0% 0 0.0% New Morning 2 2.3% 10 0.8% Greatest Hits Vol 2 4 4.7% 33 2.6% Pat Garrett 1 1.2% 4 0.3% Planet Waves 2 2.3% 47 3.7% Blood On The Tracks 5 5.8% 103 8.1% Desire 1 1.2% 3 0.2% Street-Legal 1 1.2% 12 0.9% Slow Train Coming 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Saved 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Shot Of Love 2 2.3% 4 0.3% Infidels 2 2.3% 5 0.4% Empire Burlesque 3 3.5% 23 1.8% Knocked-Out Loaded 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Hearts Of Fire 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Down In The Groove 2 2.3% 95 7.5% Traveling Wilburys Vol 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Oh Mercy 5 5.8% 33 2.6% Under The Red Sky 3 3.5% 17 1.3% Traveling Wilburys Vol 3 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Bootleg Series Vol 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Bootleg Series Vol 2 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Bootleg Series Vol 3 1 1.2% 17 1.3% Biograph 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Good As I Been To You 0 0.0% 0 0.0% World Gone Wrong 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Greatest Hits Vol 3 0 0.0% 0 0.0% MTV Unplugged 1 1.2% 4 0.3% Time Out Of Mind 6 7.0% 133 10.5% 5.10.2 Alphabetical song list ----------------------------- op opener s1 first electric set ac acoustic set s2 second acoustic set en encores US Winter Club Tour --- US Fall Tour --- | UK Fall Tour --- | | US Summer Tour --- | | | US Spring Tour --- | | | | Tour of Japan --- | | | | | | | | | | | Song # of times as/during | | | | | | op s1 ac s2 en Tot | | | | | | Absolutely Sweet Marie 39 39 2 9 22 4 3 Alabama Getaway 7 7 2 3 2 All Along The Watchtower 38 38 11 25 2 Ballad Of A Thin Man 2 5 7 2 3 1 1 Ballad Of Hollis Brown AB 1 1 1 Blind Willie McTell 1 16 17 7 2 4 4 Boots Of Spanish Leather AB 3 3 2 1 Born In Time 4 4 8 4 1 1 2 Can't Wait 31 31 16 15 Cat's In The Well 1 1 1 Cocaine Blues AB 1 28 29 1 7 7 Cold Irons Bound 32 32 14 17 15 Crash On The Levee 24 24 9 15 Desolation Row AB 1 1 1 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right AB 12 21 33 3 11 6 2 5 5 Every Grain Of Sand 3 3 1 1 1 Everything Is Broken 7 7 2 4 1 Forever Young AB 21 21 1 5 8 5 2 Friend Of The Devil AB 19 19 4 11 1 3 Girl From The North Country AB 1 4 5 1 3 1 God Knows 10 10 2 3 4 1 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall AB 2 2 2 Highway 61 Revisited 41 15 56 5 8 14 3 13 13 I And I 4 4 1 1 2 I Don't Believe You 4 1 5 1 2 1 1 I Shall Be Released 1 1 7 9 1 7 1 I Shall Be Released AB 1 1 1 I Want You 12 12 1 3 2 1 3 2 If Not For You 8 8 2 2 2 1 1 If You See Her, Say Hello 2 2 1 1 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 13 13 2 5 3 1 2 I'll Not Be a Stranger 2 2 1 1 I'll Remember You 5 5 1 2 1 1 It Ain't Me, Babe AB 19 19 5 3 3 1 4 4 It Takes A Lot To Laugh 11 2 13 3 3 4 1 2 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AB 10 10 1 3 2 1 2 1 Joey 1 2 3 1 2 John Brown AB 4 4 1 1 2 Jokerman 1 1 1 Just Like A Woman 12 12 3 3 3 1 2 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 4 4 1 2 1 Knockin' On Heaven's Door AB 4 4 1 1 2 Lay Lady Lay 1 11 12 3 3 2 3 1 Lenny Bruce 1 1 1 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 21 21 9 10 1 1 Like A Rolling Stone 1 68 69 11 13 19 4 17 5 Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll AB 4 1 5 1 2 2 Long Black Veil 1 1 1 Love Minus Zero/No Limit AB 6 6 1 1 2 Love Sick 36 36 1 1 4 17 15 Maggie's Farm 29 13 42 4 8 1 14 15 Make You Feel My Love 1 1 1 The Man In Me 2 2 1 1 Man In The Long Black Coat 8 8 1 2 1 1 2 1 Masters Of War AB 15 15 4 9 2 Most Likely You Go Your Way 3 3 1 2 Mr. Tambourine Man AB 1 35 36 5 6 10 1 11 3 My Back Pages AB 1 10 11 1 3 3 1 1 2 Never Gonna Be The Same Again 1 2 3 2 1 Not Dark Yet 1 1 1 Not Fade Away 1 1 1 Obviously Five Believers 1 1 1 Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie AB 16 16 6 8 1 1 One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) 2 2 2 One Too Many Mornings AB 9 4 13 3 2 1 1 3 3 Pledging My Time 1 1 1 Positively 4th Street 6 6 2 1 1 1 1 Pretty Peggy-O 7 7 5 1 1 Queen Jane Approximately 1 1 1 Ragtime Annie AB 1 1 1 Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 1 83 84 11 25 14 4 15 15 Rank Strangers To Me AB 1 1 1 Roving Gambler AB 24 24 6 8 1 4 5 Seeing The Real You At Last 15 15 4 10 1 Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) 12 12 1 4 3 1 1 2 Shake Sugaree 1 1 1 She Belongs To Me 4 4 1 1 2 Shelter From The Storm 6 6 2 2 1 1 Shooting Star 1 7 8 1 4 1 1 1 Silvio 94 94 11 25 22 4 17 15 Simple Twist Of Fate 7 4 11 3 3 1 2 2 Stone Walls And Steel Bars AB 12 12 2 1 7 2 Stuck Inside Of Mobile 23 23 2 4 7 3 2 5 Tangled Up In Blue AB 1 75 76 3 17 20 4 17 15 Tears Of Rage 2 3 5 2 2 1 This Wheel's On Fire 24 24 6 7 2 6 3 'Til I Fell In Love With You 31 1 32 17 15 The Times They Are A-Changin' AB 6 6 1 3 1 1 To Ramona AB 7 7 1 2 1 1 2 Tombstone Blues 1 1 1 Tomorrow Is A Long Time AB 1 1 1 Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You 22 22 1 6 3 1 5 6 Tough Mama 24 2 26 22 4 Under The Red Sky 6 6 1 2 1 1 1 Watching The River Flow 13 4 17 4 8 5 What Good Am I? 2 2 1 1 When I Paint My Masterpiece 5 5 1 1 1 2 The White Dove 1 1 1 The White Dove AB 5 5 5 The Wicked Messenger 1 1 1 Viola Lee Blues AB 1 1 1 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere 28 28 11 10 2 4 1 You're A Big Girl Now 5 3 8 1 2 1 1 3 5.10.3 Song statistics ---------------------- Ten most played songs in 1997: ------------------------------ 1. Silvio 94 2. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 84 3. Tangled Up In Blue 76 4. Like A Rolling Stone 69 5. Highway 61 Revisited 56 6. Maggie's Farm 42 7. Absolutely Sweet Marie 39 8. All Along The Watchtower 38 9. Love Sick 36 10. Mr. Tambourine Man 36 Live debuts: ------------ «Til I Fell In Love With You Starkville October 24 Blind Willie McTell Montreal August 5 Can't Wait Starkville October 24 Cold Irons Bound Starkville October 24 I'll Not Be a Stranger Columbus November 7 Long Black Veil Wheeling April 28 Love Sick Bournemouth October 1 Make You Feel My Love Columbia November 2 Not Dark Yet Columbus October 30 Ragtime Annie Chicago December 14 Stone Walls And Steel Bars Los Angeles May 22 The White Dove Atlanta December 1 Viola Lee Blues Sapporo February 24 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Portland April 10 Played only once in 1997: ------------------------- Ballad Of Hollis Brown Kurashiki February 13 Cat's In The Well Wallingford August 18 Desolation Row Moncton April 5 Jokerman Sendai February 20 Lenny Bruce Durham April 11 Long Black Veil Wheeling April 28 Make You Feel My Love Columbia November 2 Not Dark Yet Columbus October 30 Not Fade Away Hartford April 19 Obviously Five Believers Waltham April 12 Pledging My Time Indiana April 22 Queen Jane Approximately Durham April 11 Ragtime Annie Chicago December 14 Rank Strangers To Me London October 5 Shake Sugaree Atlanta December 1 Tombstone Blues Albany April 18 Tomorrow Is A Long Time Columbia November 2 The Wicked Messenger Indiana April 22 Viola Lee Blues Sapporo February 24 6. NEW BOOKS Here is a no doubt incomplete list from the never-ending flood of new Dylan books published in 1997: John Baldwin (ed.) The fiddler now upspoke - Volume 4 Desolation Row Promotions, 225 pages. A Collection of Bob Dylan interviews and press conferences. Dave Engel Just Like Bob Zimmerman's Blues - Dylan in Minnesota River City Memoirs - Mesabi, Wisconsin, USA 1997 Soft cover,220 pages. Portrays the young Bob Zimmerman's life in Hibbing Up to 1959. Greil Marcus Invisible Republic. Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes Henry Holt And Company, New York 1997 Hardback, 284 pages. A detailed discussion of the songs covered during the famous sessions with The Bans in the basement of their house, "Big Pink". Walter van der Paelt Bob Dylan And The Cards Desolation Row Promotions 1997. 32 pages. Examines the use of both Tarot and standard deck playing cards in Dylan's lyrics. Geoffrey Saxby Bob Dylan Astrology and Numerology Desolation Row Promotions. 64 pages. The many mysteries of Bob Dylan is explained through his birth chart! Katu Suzuki Dylan's Beat Shinko Music, 1997. Hardback, 432 pages. The book with all text in Japanese, looks upon Suzuki's 1994 Japanese short-wave radio program "Bob Dylan Club". The book also contains a list of all Dylan's Japanese Concerts. Mike Wyvill Rolling Down The Road. Bob Dylan's 1996 Concerts John Wraith Two Riders, 1997. 56 pages. Concert listings and comments plus a lot of pictures from The Telegraph. 7. SOURCES Reviews and other postings on rec.music.dylan. Bill Pagel's excellent tour reports on his Bob Links page. (http://www.execpc.com/~billp61/boblink.html). Karl Erik Andersen's fabulous Expecting Rain page. (http://www.expectingrain.com/). The Wicked Messenger column in Isis 1997. Articles and columns in The Telegraph, On The Tracks, Series Of Dreams 1996. My own tape collection. 8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like very much to thank Jorgen Lindstrom for many of the BobTalk transcriptions and all the hours of discussions of concert tapes and Bob and life in the nineties. Finally I would like to thank David Baldwin for all the information in private e-mail communication December 18, 1997.